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LAPORTEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle
Synonyms:
genus Laportea; Laportea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Laportea" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Laportea"):
Laportea canadensis; wood nettle (American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles)
Australian nettle; Australian nettle tree (any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea)
Holonyms ("Laportea" is a member of...):
family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)